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Old 25-January-2005, 09:16 PM
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Default "Fog" in Spirit Navcam shots
Fogginess in some recent shots. Is there a dust storm blowing? Is it on the lens? What?

Look at hill top right

General haziness

More of the same

By the way, it looks like Sprit is making some progress lately.

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Sounds like dust:

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Spirit is healthy, but reduced sunlight has been reaching the rover through the atmosphere due to a possible dust storm identified from orbital data.
- http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html
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Fogginess in some recent shots. Is there a dust storm blowing? Is it on the lens? What?

By the way, it looks like Sprit is making some progress lately.
For the latest update on Spirit look here.
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